Sourav Sen
692 posts
@senthewanderer
Entrepreneur, generalist, startups, doer of things, founded @qaoncloud to use rural talent for IT, works at intersection of technology & society. @oxfordalumni.
NDMA halts cell broadcasting emergency alerts. The reason is quite interesting.
I was just talking to an engineer about the importance of managers being willing to disagree and commit to a technical solution their tech lead feels strongly about. Even if the manager is being pulled more to another solution. There are usually several ways to implement a solution. Some solutions are measurably better than others, while others come down to personal preference. Occasionally my tech lead is pulled to one solution and I’m pulled towards another. As their manager, I could force them to do it my way but that erodes trust and takes away the engineer’s autonomy. So if I can’t pinpoint a meaningful reason to do it my way, I disagree and commit with my engineer. They’re closer to the code than us managers and if I’m honest, they usually know best. Especially in my case where my engineers are very senior.
@aleximm @saltandstraw The rotation: Carrot Halwa + Cardamom Alphonso Mango Tender Coconut Thandai & Saffron Kulfi Rose Falooda Masala Chai Biscuit Kesar Pista Shrikhand Paan & Candied Fennel Mysore Pak Brittle & Brown Butter Ras Malai Tres Leches Sitaphal Cream Gulab Jamun & Salted Saffron Cream
The reason Japan can have great trains is not high trust. It's LACK OF VIOLENT CRIME. If you have even moderately high levels of violent crime, people will want to drive instead of taking the train. You can't have trains without suppressing violent crime.
🚨All Kwality Wall's items to be milk-based next year: says CEO Peter ter Kulve
This poppycock has a long life! The poor in India consume goods that are either at a 5% GST slab, or have no GST at all. Or they buy from the informal sector which pays zero GST. So there is no question of them paying the highest GST as a proportion of their income.
Kevin O'Leary says Apple's genius is making people pay 5x more for a laptop they could buy for $350 "you can buy an Apple laptop, average price about $1,800, or you can buy the same functionality for $350 on a Windows laptop" "but you still pay $1,800. Why? Brand" "you're paying a 5x multiple in some cases for something that is exactly like a Windows machine" "I put that out to people, they say, yeah, but it's not an Apple. So there is the genius of Jobs"
Dario Amodei: Ideology Won't Survive the Reality of AI "We're going to find that ideology will not survive the nature of this technology. The things I'm talking about are gonna become bipartisan and universal because everyone will recognize the necessity of it." — @DarioAmodei
Obsidian users right now:
My exit poll! As I leave #Bengal, it would be a disservice not to say this: I have come to deeply admire the way women inhabit space here. There is a quiet, almost subconscious elevation of women as independent beings . something that stands in stark contrast to the entrenched misogyny that still finds resonance across much of northern India. Perhaps it stems from a cultural understanding of shakti. A form of empowerment that manifests here in ways both subtle and profound, unlike anywhere else in the country, even in the south. Any woman journalist who has covered political rallies across India will recognize the difference immediately. Other states, a crowd is not just a logistical challenge, it carries risk. the inevitability of wandering hands, the violation masked by chaos. Here, the crowds are no less dense, the air no less heavy with sweat and alcohol—but the hands, for the most part, do not grope. Men step aside to make way. When contact happens, as it inevitably does in chaos, there is visible embarrassment rather than entitlement. What you encounter is not chivalry, but something far rarer: equality. And equality feels far more meaningful. Was never a fan of chivalry in any case :) There is more. Women politicians across party lines campaign with a striking freedom, aggressive, sharp, unapologetically irreverent, often using what would elsewhere be labelled as ‘masculine’ rhetoric. In most states, such behaviour would invite judgment, even censure. Here, it is met with acceptance, applause. What feels liberating to an outsider is, in Bengal, simply normal. What we frame as empowerment here is a cultural undercurrent. I have covered four elections in this state, and each time I have returned with the same sense of awe. Bengal, meanwhile, ambles on with a certain bemusement, as if unaware of what sets it apart. But it is a big deal. And perhaps the most remarkable part is that Bengal does not think so. Governments will come and go. One can only hope that this constant endures, not just how Bengal sees its women, but how, in many ways, it doesn’t. ♥️♥️♥️
